# Incident 20050705013949I: Amtr SEAREY, Plymouth, FL, July 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2005, 16:00 local time
- Place: Plymouth, FL
- Airport: Orlanda Country Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6922° N, 81.5473° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plymouth, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6922&lon=-81.5473&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42685, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42685-2008-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waterwings SEAREY (registry code 05619D4, https://openairdocs.org/model/waterwings-searey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAREY
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050705013949I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON 5 JULY 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 16:00 EDT, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ WAS OPERATING HIS EXPERIMENTAL SEAREY AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT ON LAKE OLA. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ WAS EXECUTING TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON THE LAKE. ON HIS SECOND APPROACH TO LANDING ON THE LAKE, HE INADVERTENTLY LOWERED THE RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR. AT TOUCH DOWN ON THE LAKE, THE EXTENDED LANDING GEAR CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO "NOSE DOWN" INTO THE WATER DAMAGING THE TOP OF THE NOSE AND THE WINDSHIELD. THOUGH THE COCKPIT WAS SWAMPED WITH WATER, THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SINK AND REMAINED AFLOAT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT.

## Other reports on N42685 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060326004929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060326004929A), Mar 26, 2006: Amtr SEAREY (N42685), Vicksburg, MS, Destroyed. (-23) Pilot stated he took off from vks airport at approximately 1505 LCL and flew west to the Mississippi river which is 3 miles west of the airport. He…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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